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Bandhani   or Bandhini or Bandhej, a highly-skilled process involving Tie-Dye method, has the base fabric tied at several points by threads and then the threads are dyed.  Pure bandhani salwar kameez   SHOP ONLINE PURE HANDLOOM BANDHANI SALWARS ON   The manner in which the tying is done decides the resulting pattern, which could be Leheriya, Mothra, Ekdali or Shikari. Patterns which emerge are generally dots, stripes, waves or squares. Dark Colours are employed for dyeing the ‘Bandhani’ and could be organic or man-made chemicals.   Principally applied colours being red, green, blue, black or yellow, the background is generally red or black. The Khatri community of Kutch in Gujarat is known to excel in   Bandhani . Saurashtra in Gujarat, and Rajasthan again have their own style of   Bandhani , unique to their regions. Designs and colours differ, with significance attached to certain colours.  There is a special attraction to the Leheria Bandhej

Kalamkari   is from ‘Kalam’ (pen) and ‘Kari’ (craftsmanship), words taken from the Persian for the art of hand painting done on fabrics with the use of a pen and extended to include hand block printing. Pure Hondoom Kalamkari salwar kameez SHOP ONLINE CORPORATE KALAMKARI SALWARS COLLECTIONS ON There are two schools of art that developed   Kalamkari   initially in India and from individual origins. Srikalahasti style that used the pen for drawing and filling in the colours, and with a strong influence of Hindu culture that specifically focused on religious subjects and scenes from the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata in its paintings. Pure handloom salwar kameez The Machilipatnam style that came with an Islamic slant, had subjects of paintings mostly depicting flora and fauna, with floral designs as a backdrop on the fabric. Both styles that have popularised   Kalamkari   have one thing in common – the depictions are fine and neatly drawn, th